Tugur (river)


The Tugur is a river in the Tuguro-Chumikansky District of Khabarovsk Krai, in the Russian Far East. It is long, and has a drainage basin of.

Geography

The river originates at the confluence of the rivers Assyni and Konin.
It flows into a 30 km wide swampy area before ending in the Tugur Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk.

Ecology

The Tugur is a good place for fishing, with species such as grayling, lenok, Siberian salmon and northern pike being abundant in its waters and many species spawning in the river. There is also a great variety of wildlife in its banks, with brown bears, Manchurian wapiti, wolves and otters. Among the birds the golden eagle, osprey, mergansers and geese deserve mention.